I've just added lots of photos to my website, much needed updates with more to come. Check it out at the link in my bio! During this process I have realized that I have THOUSANDS of share-worthy photos I've never even processed, and some I probably h
We are officially in the heat of summer, but much of Montana just had a quick blast of winter. Going-to-the-Sun Road just opened for the season, and less than a week later, it’s closed again from 10+ inches of snowfall. Not uncommon, but certai
The Instagram grid has made me realize I take a lot of photos of birds. I found some western grebes but didn't come back with the photos I wanted...yet. Here's an American coot instead! With...slobber? ©@averylocklearphoto • Montana; USA
The common nighthawk belongs to the Caprimulgidae family, which include whip-poor-wills and nightjars. Most of their activity is at dawn and dusk. It's a common and widespread bird, but in steep decline due to habitat loss and predation. Eggs are lai
Three little white spots on a sheer rocky mountain face…precipitous mountain goats! They’re a nonnative species in Yellowstone, introduced to surrounding mountain ranges in the 1940s. They now have a significant population in the northe
Happy New Year everyone! We are about to get our first round of negative temps here in Montana this weekend. Hoping to get more processing done on last year's images and looking forward to capturing more! For now you can still find my photos on Faceb
Pretty cool find the other day!!! One of my images of Devils Tower featured in a @nationalparkfoundation Apple Maps Guide! You can read about “National Parks with Accessible Features” straight from the Apple Maps app or this link: guide
More from the understory. Clam fungi and lichen friends. ©@averylocklearphoto • North Carolina; USA
This little ruby-throated hummingbird found its way into a lavender shop. Unsure if it was stunned and tired or cold and wet, it rested on this decorative branch for a while. It eventually opened its eyes, found its way back out, and flitted off with
I somehow spotted this quite large snail, larger than a quarter, on the underside of a leafy branch. When I gently touched the leaf to get a photo for scale, this little guy popped out one eye to check things out. A little creature, well hidden in th
Still getting through photos from April, that's how busy I am! Here is a lavender flower beginning to show its colors at a lavender farm in North Carolina. Lavender belongs to the mint/sage family of Lamiaceae. ©@averylocklearphoto • North
The Appalachian Mountains have the greatest diversity of native trillium species. The yellow trillium (Trillium luteum) is blooming now in western North Carolina forests, which are lush with ferns, mosses, and other temperate flora. ©@averylockl